What is a Category 8 veteran?

What is a Category 8 veteran?

Priority Group 8: Veterans with income and/or net worth above the VA national income threshold and the geographic income threshold who agree to pay co-pays. Sub-priority a: Non-compensable 0% service-connected veterans enrolled as of January 16, 2003, and who have remained enrolled since that date.

What does VA Priority Group 8g mean?

Priority group 8 We may assign you to priority group 8 if both of these descriptions are true for you: Your gross household income is above VA income limits and geographically adjusted income limits for where you live, and. You agree to pay copays. Review current copay rates.

What is priority group 8c?

Priority Group 8a and 8c Veterans– Veterans enrolled in this priority group are responsible for the full inpatient copay and the inpatient per diem copay for care of their NSC conditions. Veterans in this priority group are also responsible for outpatient and medication copays for care of their NSC conditions.

What are VA priority levels?

An individual’s priority group is assigned based on the level of a veteran’s needs and how much it will cost the VA to treat them. If a member qualifies for more than one priority group, the VA will always place the member in the highest group that they qualify for.

What does RFE mean in VA claim?

A re-examination or routine future examination (RFE) will be requested whenever VA determines there is a need to verify either the continued existence or the current severity of a disability.

What are the VA categories?

Enrollment Priority Groups.

  • • Veterans with VA-rated service-connected disabilities 50% or more disabling.
  • • Veterans with VA-rated service-connected disabilities 30% or 40% disabling.
  • • Veterans who are Former Prisoners of War (POWs)
  • • Veterans who are receiving aid and attendance or housebound benefits from VA.
  • What does VA pay for funerals?

    VA will pay up to $796 toward burial and funeral expenses for deaths on or after October 1, 2019 (if hospitalized by VA at time of death), or $300 toward burial and funeral expenses (if not hospitalized by VA at time of death), and a $796 plot-interment allowance (if not buried in a national cemetery).